Sep 27 2008
Camping 2008 - What an adventure, but almost done?
So far this year we’ve logged probably in excess of 60 nights of camping, a number which was bolstered greatly by our RV adventure that was 30 days (and 10,000 Kilometers) long.
We started our season on Mothers day weekend, and if the weather cooperates, we hope it can go on for another few weeks, but unfortunately it’s looking like our time is limited - the long term forecast isn’t looking great, thanksgiving weekend is approaching, and the impending freezing weather will soon dictate that we winterize the trailer (at least the plumbing) before we’d really like to.
During the season we’ve taken thousands of pictures of our adventures, and this evening I picked out a handful that feature the places we’ve been. Some are generic, yet others show off the spectacular scenery we saw along the way, and those who have traveled Canada and the USA by road are likely to be able to pinpoint the position of at least a few of the pictures below.
With the plumbing system winterized or not, the one other (more limiting factor) against extending our camping season is the simple fact that most of the campgrounds close on the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend, which is now only two weeks away. With no campgrounds left to visit, and extremely limited backwoods camping opportunities in our immediate area, our RV season is effectively forced to an end, like it or not. It’s rather disappointing since camping in the fall is one of my favorite times of year - the colors, the crisp cool weather, the smell of freshly fallen leaves - but with the fall colors being late this year most of the parks are likely to be closed by the time the peak colors even arrive.
We are contemplating a trip to the Pinery Provincial Park sometime in January of February, however. The Pinery is one of the few campgrounds in the province that is open all year around - the electricity remains on, and they will plow out a site for you when a reservation is made ahead of time. Many think we’re insane, but really, our RV is hardly “roughing it” (even in the dead of winter), and it would be a great break in the monotony or boring winter weekends.
Despite the amount of traveling and camping we’ve managed this summer, I can’t say I’m not sad to see the season coming to an end regardless, and with the Pinery being a 300 Kilometer trip (each way) it’s simply not a realistic destination for what is now only a one-night weekend camping schedule.
Perhaps another tenting weekend is in order.
And the local hotel where your wife will be staying?…….